SL MKII - drum pad 'note off' on pad release?

[dave_house]

It seems the SL MKII drum pads require a pre-set 'auto-off' time. This seems ridiculous. Surely they should be able to work like normal pads where the note off data is sent when you take your finger off the pad? Anyone know if that's possible?

Jeez, the SL MKII is a pain in the arse to set up with Live...

[twisted-space]

Mk1 is the same. I don't know who's stupid idea that was, but they should be sacked IMHO.

[2be]

The pads seriously suck. Like, they are the worst pads I've ever used...

[dave_house]

They're not ideal, thats for sure. Although since my initial rant about the note off thing, I've discovered that you can set the note off to the smallest number on the SL MKII and, provided the decay of a drum sample is long enough in Live, you hear the whole sample once you've recorded your clip. Logic says you should only hear a snippet of it if the note off is tiny but it's as if Live's ignoring the midi note length data. Weird, but it pretty much sorts out my issue so I'm not complaining!

[dave_house]

Another really weird thing I've discovered - MIDI channel 5, CC41 (and possibly others near this value) when assigned via a different controller to something, freaks the SL MKII out and causes it to forget it's track on/off LED info...